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    gayle5201 Posts: 5, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 22, 2005, 05:41 PM
    Red Squirrel making hole in Magnolia Tree
    We have a large magnolia tree in our back yard and a little red squirrel is enlarging a crack in the tree. We are afraid that the tree will die. He has made it almost big enough to get in to. Should we patch the hole? What is a good thing to patch it with? The tree is very near our bird feeders and very convenient for the squirrel to eat.
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    Mar 22, 2005, 07:10 PM
    Many years ago, I read that, the then common cement patches, were a bad idea because they drew damp, causing rot. The book suggested mixing tar and rock. You can buy asphalt patching compound premixed. I have also used roof cement. Likely neither is attractive to squirrels or ants.
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